Chords for Albert King - 1981 - Born Under A Bad Sign
Tempo:
105.75 bpm
Chords used:
C#
C#m
G#m
E
G#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G#] [D#] [A#]
[E] [G] [E]
[F#] [B] [C#m]
[B] I've [C#m] been down since I began to [C#] crawl.
[F#m] [G#] If it wasn't for [C#m] bad luck, [G#m] I wouldn't have [E] no luck [C#] at [G#m] all.
[C#m]
Hard [Bm] luck and trouble [C#] is my only [E] friend.
[C#] Been [E] on my own [C#] ever since [G#] I was ten.
[C#m] [G#m] Born on the [C#m] bad side.
I've [G#] been down since [C#m] I began to crawl.
[F#m] [Em] [G#m] If it wasn't for bad [F#] luck, I [G#m] wouldn't [E] have no luck at all.
[G#m] [C#m]
I can't [C#] read.
I didn't [G#] learn how to write.
[C#] My whole [E] life has [C#m] been one [B] big fight.
[C#m] [G#] Born on the [C#m] bad side.
[G#m] [C#m] I've been [G#m] down [E] since I [C#] began to crawl.
[G#] If it wasn't for bad [F#] luck, I [G#] wouldn't have [E] no [C#] luck at all.
[G#m] [C#m]
[G#m]
[E] [G#m] [C#]
[G#m] [C#] [G#m]
[C#m] [C#] [C#m]
[C#]
[G#m] [C#]
[G#m] [C#]
[G#m] [C#] [F]
[C#m] [C#]
[G#m] I can't read.
I didn't [C#] learn how to write.
Born on the bad side.
I've been down since I began to crawl.
If it wasn't [B] for [G#m] bad luck, [C#m] I wouldn't have no luck [F] at all.
[C#] [G#m] [C#]
I can't read.
I didn't learn how to [C#m] write.
[F] My whole life [A#m] has been one [C#] big fight.
[A]
[F#] [C#] Born on the bad side.
[E] [C#] [F]
[C#m]
[F#m] [E] [C#m]
[D#m] [C#m] [A]
[C#m]
[C#] [C#m]
[F#m]
[C#] [B] [C#m]
If [F#] [G#m]
[C#m]
[C#] [G#]
[G] [G#] it wasn't for [G] bad luck, [F#] I wouldn't have no kind of luck.
[G] If it [C#] wasn't for real bad luck, [G] [F#] I would [E] now have [C#] no luck at all.
[C#m]
[C#] Wine and women is all I crave.
Big leg woman gonna carry me to [C#m] my grave.
[C#] Born on the bad [E] side.
I've been down since I began to crawl.
[G#m] If it wasn't for bad luck, [F#] I wouldn't have [C#m] no luck at [G#m] all.
[C#m] Yeah, I'm a bad luck boy.
Been [G#] having bad [C#] luck all of my days, [C#m] yeah.
[C#] [Bm] [F#] [F]
[C#]
[E] [C#]
[E] [G#m] [C#m]
[G#m] [C#]
[G#m]
[C#]
[E] [N]
[E] [G] [E]
[F#] [B] [C#m]
[B] I've [C#m] been down since I began to [C#] crawl.
[F#m] [G#] If it wasn't for [C#m] bad luck, [G#m] I wouldn't have [E] no luck [C#] at [G#m] all.
[C#m]
Hard [Bm] luck and trouble [C#] is my only [E] friend.
[C#] Been [E] on my own [C#] ever since [G#] I was ten.
[C#m] [G#m] Born on the [C#m] bad side.
I've [G#] been down since [C#m] I began to crawl.
[F#m] [Em] [G#m] If it wasn't for bad [F#] luck, I [G#m] wouldn't [E] have no luck at all.
[G#m] [C#m]
I can't [C#] read.
I didn't [G#] learn how to write.
[C#] My whole [E] life has [C#m] been one [B] big fight.
[C#m] [G#] Born on the [C#m] bad side.
[G#m] [C#m] I've been [G#m] down [E] since I [C#] began to crawl.
[G#] If it wasn't for bad [F#] luck, I [G#] wouldn't have [E] no [C#] luck at all.
[G#m] [C#m]
[G#m]
[E] [G#m] [C#]
[G#m] [C#] [G#m]
[C#m] [C#] [C#m]
[C#]
[G#m] [C#]
[G#m] [C#]
[G#m] [C#] [F]
[C#m] [C#]
[G#m] I can't read.
I didn't [C#] learn how to write.
Born on the bad side.
I've been down since I began to crawl.
If it wasn't [B] for [G#m] bad luck, [C#m] I wouldn't have no luck [F] at all.
[C#] [G#m] [C#]
I can't read.
I didn't learn how to [C#m] write.
[F] My whole life [A#m] has been one [C#] big fight.
[A]
[F#] [C#] Born on the bad side.
[E] [C#] [F]
[C#m]
[F#m] [E] [C#m]
[D#m] [C#m] [A]
[C#m]
[C#] [C#m]
[F#m]
[C#] [B] [C#m]
If [F#] [G#m]
[C#m]
[C#] [G#]
[G] [G#] it wasn't for [G] bad luck, [F#] I wouldn't have no kind of luck.
[G] If it [C#] wasn't for real bad luck, [G] [F#] I would [E] now have [C#] no luck at all.
[C#m]
[C#] Wine and women is all I crave.
Big leg woman gonna carry me to [C#m] my grave.
[C#] Born on the bad [E] side.
I've been down since I began to crawl.
[G#m] If it wasn't for bad luck, [F#] I wouldn't have [C#m] no luck at [G#m] all.
[C#m] Yeah, I'm a bad luck boy.
Been [G#] having bad [C#] luck all of my days, [C#m] yeah.
[C#] [Bm] [F#] [F]
[C#]
[E] [C#]
[E] [G#m] [C#m]
[G#m] [C#]
[G#m]
[C#]
[E] [N]
Key:
C#
C#m
G#m
E
G#
C#
C#m
G#m
[G#] _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _ [A#] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ [G] _ _ [E] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] I've [C#m] _ been down since I began to [C#] crawl. _
[F#m] _ [G#] If it wasn't for [C#m] bad luck, [G#m] I wouldn't have [E] no luck [C#] at [G#m] all.
_ [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ Hard [Bm] luck and trouble [C#] is my only [E] friend.
[C#] Been [E] on my own [C#] ever since [G#] I was ten.
[C#m] _ [G#m] Born on the [C#m] bad side.
I've _ [G#] been down since [C#m] I began to crawl.
_ [F#m] _ [Em] _ [G#m] If it wasn't for bad [F#] luck, I [G#m] wouldn't [E] have no luck at all.
[G#m] _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ I can't [C#] read.
I didn't [G#] learn how to write.
[C#] _ My whole [E] life has [C#m] been one [B] big fight.
[C#m] _ [G#] Born on the [C#m] bad side. _
[G#m] _ [C#m] _ I've been [G#m] down [E] since I [C#] began to crawl.
_ _ [G#] If it wasn't for bad [F#] luck, I [G#] wouldn't have [E] no [C#] luck at all.
[G#m] _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ _ [C#] _ [G#m] _ _
[C#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ [G#m] _ [C#] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ _ _ _ I can't read.
I didn't [C#] learn how to write. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Born _ _ _ _ on the bad side.
I've been down since I began to crawl.
If it wasn't [B] for [G#m] bad luck, [C#m] I wouldn't have no luck [F] at all. _ _
[C#] _ _ [G#m] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I can't read.
I didn't learn how to [C#m] write. _
[F] My whole life [A#m] has been one [C#] big fight.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ Born on the bad side.
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ [F] _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
_ [D#m] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
If _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [G#m] _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ [G#] _
[G] _ [G#] it wasn't for [G] bad luck, [F#] I wouldn't have no kind of luck.
[G] If it [C#] wasn't for real bad luck, [G] [F#] I would [E] now have [C#] no luck at all.
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
[C#] _ Wine and women is all I crave.
Big leg woman gonna carry me to [C#m] my grave.
[C#] Born on the bad [E] side. _ _
I've been down since I began to crawl. _ _
[G#m] If it wasn't for bad luck, [F#] I wouldn't have [C#m] no luck at [G#m] all.
_ [C#m] _ _ _ Yeah, I'm a bad luck boy.
Been [G#] having bad [C#] luck all of my days, [C#m] yeah.
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#] _ [F] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ [G] _ _ [E] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] I've [C#m] _ been down since I began to [C#] crawl. _
[F#m] _ [G#] If it wasn't for [C#m] bad luck, [G#m] I wouldn't have [E] no luck [C#] at [G#m] all.
_ [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ Hard [Bm] luck and trouble [C#] is my only [E] friend.
[C#] Been [E] on my own [C#] ever since [G#] I was ten.
[C#m] _ [G#m] Born on the [C#m] bad side.
I've _ [G#] been down since [C#m] I began to crawl.
_ [F#m] _ [Em] _ [G#m] If it wasn't for bad [F#] luck, I [G#m] wouldn't [E] have no luck at all.
[G#m] _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ I can't [C#] read.
I didn't [G#] learn how to write.
[C#] _ My whole [E] life has [C#m] been one [B] big fight.
[C#m] _ [G#] Born on the [C#m] bad side. _
[G#m] _ [C#m] _ I've been [G#m] down [E] since I [C#] began to crawl.
_ _ [G#] If it wasn't for bad [F#] luck, I [G#] wouldn't have [E] no [C#] luck at all.
[G#m] _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ _ [C#] _ [G#m] _ _
[C#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ [G#m] _ [C#] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ _ _ _ I can't read.
I didn't [C#] learn how to write. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Born _ _ _ _ on the bad side.
I've been down since I began to crawl.
If it wasn't [B] for [G#m] bad luck, [C#m] I wouldn't have no luck [F] at all. _ _
[C#] _ _ [G#m] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I can't read.
I didn't learn how to [C#m] write. _
[F] My whole life [A#m] has been one [C#] big fight.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ Born on the bad side.
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ [F] _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
_ [D#m] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
If _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [G#m] _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ [G#] _
[G] _ [G#] it wasn't for [G] bad luck, [F#] I wouldn't have no kind of luck.
[G] If it [C#] wasn't for real bad luck, [G] [F#] I would [E] now have [C#] no luck at all.
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
[C#] _ Wine and women is all I crave.
Big leg woman gonna carry me to [C#m] my grave.
[C#] Born on the bad [E] side. _ _
I've been down since I began to crawl. _ _
[G#m] If it wasn't for bad luck, [F#] I wouldn't have [C#m] no luck at [G#m] all.
_ [C#m] _ _ _ Yeah, I'm a bad luck boy.
Been [G#] having bad [C#] luck all of my days, [C#m] yeah.
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#] _ [F] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _